And the Clifton resident won't taste freedom for a while after cutting a plea deal yesterday that will put him behind bars for three and a half years.

Parker, 25, pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George, to attempted first-degree rape stemming from the Jan. 7, 2010, incident, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan. The conviction could result in the Liberian native's deportation, a source said.

"This guilty plea brings both the certainty of a prison sentence with no appeal, and solace to the victim, who was extremely pleased with our efforts to apprehend this defendant and hold him responsible for his crime," said Peter N. Spencer, Donovan's spokesman.

Prosecutors said the victim was a relative of Parker's girlfriend.

Parker and his girlfriend were overnight guests of the victim at her Clifton home.

After the victim's husband left for work, Parker crept into her bedroom where she was sleeping and began raping her, said prosecutors.

The woman screamed when she realized Parker wasn't her husband; that's when other relatives came to her aid.

The defendant bolted.

On Aug. 12, 2010, a Staten Island grand jury indicted Parker on two counts of first-degree rape and one count of third-degree rape, but he fled before he could be arrested.

He managed to elude police until April 8 of this year.

A Minnesota state trooper in Hennepin County, just outside Minneapolis, pulled him over at about 12:30 a.m. for a traffic stop.

The trooper ran Parker's information through the National Crime Information Center -- a federal law enforcement database -- and discovered a warrant for his arrest issued by Donovan's office.

Parker was nabbed one year after the D.A. placed him on his "Most Wanted Fugitives" list, which appeared in the Advance on Feb. 20, 2011. It was also featured on NY1.

After the stories ran, Donovan's office received tips that Parker may have fled to Minnesota.

Under the agreement reached yesterday, Parker will be sentenced July 19 to three and a half years in prison for his attempted first-degree rape plea. He potentially faces deportation after serving his sentence.

A law enforcement source said it would have been difficult proving forcible compulsion, one of the elements of first-degree rape, because the victim did not initially resist Parker, apparently thinking he was her husband.

Parker's lawyer, Joshua Benjamin, could not immediately be reached for comment.